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If Sprint released the Evo3D and SGS2 and Photon on the same day which would you pick?

Which phone if all 3 on the same day ?

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up until the news of the locked bootloader, the choice was obvious. however, I'll never buy an un-rootable Evo 3D. To me, it's akin to buying a Lambo to drive in a parking lot only.
 
yea, i heard another poster here say that the rep at their local Sprint store said that June/July is gonna be a very busy month for Sprint. Sounds like there is a lot going on right now at Sprint. (S GSII, EVO 3D, "Kingdom," Photon, and more).
 
BenChase7 said:
yea, i heard another poster here say that the rep at their local Sprint store said that June/July is gonna be a very busy month for Sprint. Sounds like there is a lot going on right now at Sprint. (S GSII, EVO 3D, "Kingdom," Photon, and more).
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I dunno if June would include the Photon, but I could see July. I'm willing to wait it out to compare all the upgradable phones. I was still on the fence with the EVO 3D upgrade, but now, if the form factor on the Photon 4G is more similar to the Atrix (than the Droid X or X2), but just has a 4.3 screen instead of 4.0, it'll really come down to which performs better real life.
 
I was going to say I would pick the EVO 3D because I like Sense better than Touchwiz. But since I root anyways I might go with the Samsung Galaxy S 2 instead. Just depends on if HTC locks this phone down tight for me.
 
Well if it is based off the driod 2x as oppose to the atrix (which was panned) there will be lots of reviews on driod 2x in a week or so.
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Droid2x has a more favorable form factor (for me) than the evo 3d; though motoblur sucks rotten egg (imho) and I would want to make sure it was rootable so we could replace the launcher (i believe you require root to replace the launcher). Anyways we shall find out soon enough.

apinkel said:
I had a Droid X... I was really impressed by Moto's hardware although I'm not a huge fan of their locked/signed/encrypted bootloader. On top of that I'm leary of the Tegra 2 based phones. That's a SOC from a mfr that's new to the smartphone game and they seem to have a lot of stability issues with phones using that SOC (both the Atrix and Optimus 2X). Maybe the bugs will be worked out by the time this is released but at this time I'm still leaning toward the Evo 3D.
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you2 said:
Well if it is based off the driod 2x as oppose to the atrix (which was panned) there will be lots of reviews on driod 2x in a week or so.
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Droid2x has a more favorable form factor (for me) than the evo 3d; though motoblur sucks rotten egg (imho) and I would want to make sure it was rootable so we could replace the launcher (i believe you require root to replace the launcher). Anyways we shall find out soon enough.
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Droid X & X2 form factors are kinda ugly to me. I hate how the phone protrudes at the top where the camera is and the original Droid X was really difficult to hold and a little uncomfortable compared to the current EVO. I hope the phone has more of a form factor like the Atrix, except with a 4.3 inch screen rather than 4.0.

I agree completely that motoblur DOES suck, but you don't need to root in order to replace the launcher. Launcher Pro Plus has ALL the same widgets as HTC Sense, w/ exception to the toggle widgets, and it's worth the $2 or $3 it costs in the market!
 
drexappeal said:
Yeah, I'm definitely not in a rush now. I was leaning toward biting the bullet and upgrading to the 3D, but with the information leaking about the Photon 4G and the SGS 2, I felt like it was too hasty to jump on an upgrade, when I really still like my current EVO a lot!

Motorola Tegra-2-Powered Photon 4G Rumored for Sprint
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Stuff like this makes me glad that I'm not upgrading anytime soon. This year is a whole different animal compared to last. In 2010, the EVO was easily the best device in the market for a long time. It was revolutionary. This year is different. The EVO 3D is going to have alot of comp. I'm on lay back mode lol. Theres going to be some monster phones coming later this year. I'll watch from the sidelines. My EVO will keep me occupied till upgrade time. My upgrade is on 2012.
 
Orion said:
Stuff like this makes me glad that I'm not upgrading anytime soon. This year is a whole different animal compared to last. In 2010, the EVO was easily the best device in the market for a long time. It was revolutionary. This year is different. The EVO 3D is going to have alot of comp. I'm on lay back mode lol. Theres going to be some monster phones coming later this year. I'll watch from the sidelines. My EVO will keep me occupied till upgrade time. My upgrade is on 2012.
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hahaha...Totally!

I was on the fence to begin with, even when the phone was announced, but didn't see any rumors of any other devices being able to compete. Now that the SGS 2 (although, I'd likely get the 3D over that, just because I don't trust Samsung's support abilities) and Photon 4G are being talked about too...just makes me go into the "lay back mode" that you mentioned, also.

Last year, it was a "no brainer" answer for me. Only adjustment I was worried about was going from a physical qwerty to full touch. And the EVO delivered all the hype that I was expecting. Now, it just seems to me that there are other devices that really could compete with the 3D. I almost wish that my upgrade wasn't until 2012, just so I wouldn't have to keep looking for new info.
 
drexappeal said:
Yeah, I'm definitely not in a rush now. I was leaning toward biting the bullet and upgrading to the 3D, but with the information leaking about the Photon 4G and the SGS 2, I felt like it was too hasty to jump on an upgrade, when I really still like my current EVO a lot!

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The Atrix is laggy and is about as responsive as an HTC Hero. I hope Moto has learned something and made the Photon as speedy as the specs imply it should be.

As for Tegra2, I'm not impressed by any devices featuring that chip.

I'm hoping Moto has stepped up for Sprint.
 
viber said:
The Atrix is laggy and is about as responsive as an HTC Hero. I hope Moto has learned something and made the Photon as speedy as the specs imply it should be.

As for Tegra2, I'm not impressed by any devices featuring that chip.

I'm hoping Moto has stepped up for Sprint.
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Is it (Atrix)? Have you given it a try? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, I honestly haven't tried/seen one in the wild yet.

I agree regarding the Tegra 2. It's not a bad SOC, it's just nothing special. That said, the Tegra 3 looks like it could be a dominant beast. We'll see later this year/early nex I guess.
 
Jackieteehorn said:
Is it (Atrix)? Have you given it a try? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, I honestly haven't tried/seen one in the wild yet.

I agree regarding the Tegra 2. It's not a bad SOC, it's just nothing special. That said, the Tegra 3 looks like it could be a dominant beast. We'll see later this year/early nex I guess.
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Go to Best Buy and try the Atrix for yourself. Then try the Nexus S, then come back and tell us which feels and responds like higher spec phone.

If it isn't as responsive and speedy as a Nexus S then what is the point of dual cores and a fancy spec sheet?
 
viber said:
Go to Best Buy and try the Atrix for yourself. Then try the Nexus S, then come back and tell us which feels and responds like higher spec phone.

If it isn't as responsive and speedy as a Nexus S then what is the point of dual cores and a fancy spec sheet?
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I always thought the Atrix was just a gimmick/test platform of converting a cellphone into a laptop. IMO, getting an Atrix without getting the laptop dock is pointless. And, while I'm giving my opinion, the dock seems more like a tablet with a keyboard than an actual laptop. Later adoptions of the cellphone-laptop hybrids, though, may prove to be useful.

I'm curious what the new Asus tab / cell phone thing is using for OS. If it's Android...let's just say I prefer Asus' hardware to pretty much anyone else's.
 
viber said:
The Atrix is laggy and is about as responsive as an HTC Hero. I hope Moto has learned something and made the Photon as speedy as the specs imply it should be.

As for Tegra2, I'm not impressed by any devices featuring that chip.

I'm hoping Moto has stepped up for Sprint.
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Thanks for the info. My cousin has the Atrix for AT&T and didn't notice any lag. She loves her phone and she's not a techie person at all.
 
drexappeal said:
Thanks for the info. My cousin has the Atrix for AT&T and didn't notice any lag. She loves her phone and she's not a techie person at all.
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Try it for yourself. 10 minutes is all it took for me to want to vomit.

A big part of the reason I chose the Nexus S is because I am generally disgusted with the rough responsivness, laggy interface and poor user experiance Android has.

The Nexus S was the first android device to have a speedy, lag free responsiveness like iOS and WP7. It's now the standard by which I measure all Android phones. I could care less about cores. Either the user experiance is positive or it isn't.

On the upside, Sense 3.0 is very slick and responsive on the Flyer and should be even zippier on E3D.
 
viber said:
Try it for yourself. 10 minutes is all it took for me to want to vomit.

A big part of the reason I chose the Nexus S is because I am generally disgusted with the rough responsivness, laggy interface and poor user experiance Android has.

The Nexus S was the first android device to have a speedy, lag free responsiveness like iOS and WP7. It's now the standard by which I measure all Android phones. I could care less about cores. Either the user experiance is positive or it isn't.

On the upside, Sense 3.0 is very slick and responsive on the Flyer and should be even zippier on E3D.
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I probably will, prior to making my decision on the upgrade. Unlike a lot of people, I'm actually happy there's a lot of different options now.
 
First of all when youre testing out a phone, its best to NOT use one thats been ran through the motions all day in a store. Especially when you have a store like AT&T with a company that has double the users as Sprint and there couldve easily been three times the number of people using the in store atrix than the nexus. My brother has an Atrix and its not laggy whatsoever. I dont like motoblur but the phone definitely isnt laggy.
 
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